[单项选择]In this passage, the success of English refers to the fact that ______.
A. it has become the most widely used language in the world
B. it has made a conquest in Japan and China, which were not colonized by Britain
C. it has beaten other languages such as French
D. each state or continent has its own version of English

[单项选择]In this passage, the success of English refers to the fact that ______.
A. it has become the most widely used language in the world
B. it has made a conquest in Japan and China, which were not colonized by Britain
C. it has beaten other languages such as French
D. each state or continent has its own version of English

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Passage One
Generation gap refers to the difference in ideas, feelings, and interests between the older and younger people. It is especially considered as causing a lack of communication and understanding between the two generations.
There is apparent generation gap between the young and the old nowadays. The younger generation is essentially different from the older generation. The young people live in a new age completely different from the old. They have grown up more happily and are not so dependent on adults as their parents were. They are better educated and enjoy more freedom. They easily accept new things and new ideas. They are more concerned with the present and the future, whereas the world of the older people has vanished, and they do not understand all of the problems of the modern world. They grew up in a world which was different from today’s world. They often talk about "the good old days" and tend to assert old things and id
A. They refer to those days of happy life.
B. They refer to the Gold Age in the Roman and Greek mythology.
C. They refer to the old time in which the old people grew up and which was deemed by themselves as good days.
D. They refer to the past days when the society was good.

[单项选择]The last word of the passage "them" refers to ______.


A. rules
B. actions
C. personal rights
D. privileged positions

[单项选择]It is stated in the passage that success can mostly be measured in terms of______.
A. enjoyment
B. initiative
C. intelligence
D. income

[单项选择]The fund-raiser mentioned in the passage refers to ______.
A. Robert Dole
B. Elizabeth Dole
C. The Eleventh Annual Red Cross Award Dinner Dance
D. all the business companies attending the Dinner Dance

[单项选择]The passage refers to all of the following as necessary steps following the Civil War EXCEPT_______.


A. increasing taxes
B. restructuring industry
C. returning government to normal
D. helping soldiers readjust

[单项选择]The writer of this passage refers to the history of money in order to ______________.
A. show that silver and gold are previous metals
B. show that one should convert paper money to gold
C. explain the nature of money
D. show that anything can serve as money in modem times

[单项选择]"It" in the first sentence of this passage refers to ______.
A. drought
B. moisture
C. evaporation
D. rain